Rouge Burger makes #4

[Jeff L]

I really love this burger and apparently so do a lot of other people. It was just bestowed number 4 on the country's top 20 burgers list by GQ.

Who says Philadelphia isn't a food town? Here's the link to the article:

http://men.style.com/gq/features/landing?id=content_4196

Edited February 28, 2006 by Jeff L (log)

[Jeff L]

Oh yeah, forgot to mention that Barclay Prime was right behind Rouge at number 5 with their Kobe Sliders.

[Capaneus]

I really love this burger and apparently so do a lot of other people. It was just bestowed number 4 on the country's top 20 burgers list by GQ.

Who says Philadelphia isn't a food town? Here's the link to the article:

http://men.style.com/gq/features/landing?id=content_4196

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Only town to have two entries in the Top Five: Barclay Prime's Sliders cam in at #5, just behind the Rouge Burger.

We rooole!

Who's yo' Daddy, NY-f*****g-City?

[MarketStEl]

FYI:

The GQ article in question came out in June of last year, and there is a discussion about it over in Food Media & News.

One other relevant point:

The author, Alan Richman, is a Philadelphian.

This is not to say that the Rouge Burger and the Barclay Prime sliders don't deserve to be on a list like this--they do.

But recall Calvin Trillin's dictum: "Anyone who doesn't think the world's best hamburger is served in his hometown is a fool."

(Trillin followed his rule as well, proclaiming to the readers of Life magazine in 1971 that the world's best hamburger was served at Winstead's in Kansas City, Missouri. Having had these, I can tell you that Trillin was a devotee of the thin patty, not the thick one.)

[-sheila mooney]

I really love this burger and apparently so do a lot of other people. It was just bestowed number 4 on the country's top 20 burgers list by GQ.

Who says Philadelphia isn't a food town? Here's the link to the article:

http://men.style.com/gq/features/landing?id=content_4196

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Rouge burger (we also liked the fries and the happy, friendly bar crowd) one night + Amada tapas/wine/"bad education"/flamenco dancers the next = the highlights of a stay in Philly just before Christmas at the Sofitel (great room, great price).

[KatieLoeb]

I really love this burger and apparently so do a lot of other people. It was just bestowed number 4 on the country's top 20 burgers list by GQ.

Who says Philadelphia isn't a food town? Here's the link to the article:

http://men.style.com/gq/features/landing?id=content_4196

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Rouge burger (we also liked the fries and the happy, friendly bar crowd) one night + Amada tapas/wine/"bad education"/flamenco dancers the next = the highlights of a stay in Philly just before Christmas at the Sofitel (great room, great price).

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Sheila:

I see you did the "Highlights of Katie's Former and Present Employer's" Tour. I didn't know Sofitel was offering a package with rooms for that.

Glad you enjoyed your stay. The Bad Educations are dangerous....

[herbacidal]

I see you did the "Highlights of Katie's Former and Present Employer's" Tour.  I didn't know Sofitel was offering a package with rooms for that. 

Glad you enjoyed your stay.  The Bad Educations are dangerous....

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Nah, that tour is a little longer, at least a 7day, 6nighter.

It could be done Hollywood style, a la celebrity-home tour.

"See, when Katie worked there, it was actually a restaurant.

And now we move on from Pompano Grille, to the next stage of her career..."

[KatieLoeb]

I see you did the "Highlights of Katie's Former and Present Employer's" Tour.  I didn't know Sofitel was offering a package with rooms for that. 

Glad you enjoyed your stay.  The Bad Educations are dangerous....

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Nah, that tour is a little longer, at least a 7day, 6nighter.

It could be done Hollywood style, a la celebrity-home tour.

"See, when Katie worked there, it was actually a restaurant.

And now we move on from Pompano Grille, to the next stage of her career..."

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Oh man. You owe me a new monitor. Dude. You made me spray a really good new cocktail out my nose. That was hilariously funny on so many levels I don't even know where to start.

Thanks for the reality check.

[Sfuffy]

FYI:

The GQ article in question came out in June of last year, and there is a discussion about it over in Food Media & News.

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The reason this is coming back up is because it was on Oprah on Tuesday (2/28) (don't ask me how I knew this, I just did ):

Oprah's Best of the Burgers

[MarketStEl]

FYI:

The GQ article in question came out in June of last year, and there is a discussion about it over in Food Media & News.

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The reason this is coming back up is because it was on Oprah on Tuesday (2/28) (don't ask me how I knew this, I just did ):

Oprah's Best of the Burgers

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Read this tidbit in today's Inquirer.

I thought Oprah had sworn off the things, though.

[Andrew Fenton]

I thought Oprah had sworn off the things, though.

Ah, it's just a short slide from "addict" to "enabler"...

Anyway, here's the blurb on Rouge:

The culinary quest began with a three-hour train ride from Gayle's home in Connecticut to Philadelphia, where she headed straight to Rouge, home of the #4 burger on the list. "Let's just say it was worth the day trip," she says with a grin.

(On an unrelated note: just below the article is Rachael Ray's recipe for "'You Won't Be Single For Long' Vodka Cream Pasta!" The saddest recipe name I've ever read? Why yes, yes it is.)

Edited March 2, 2006 by Andrew Fenton (log)